Trunk attachment



Aug. 31 1926.

B. H. ERWIN TRUNK ATTACHMENT Filed June 22, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l I NVEN TOR.

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Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED STATES BENJAMIN H. ERWIN, OF JVLISI-IAWAKA, INDIANA.

TRUNK ATTACHMENT,

Application filed June 22, 1925. Serial No. 38,835.

The invention relates to attachments for wardrobe trunks and has for itsobject to provide a shoe box attachment for a ward robe trunk, whichshoe box attachment is disposed within the lower end of the main body ofthe trunk adjacent its open side, and is suspended on brackets, whichbrackets form means for supporting the box in a vertical or a horizontalplane, and are provided with means for preventing swinging when in avertical plane.

A further object is to provide the opposite sides of the box withupwardly extending plates, which plates are provided with spaced hooksadjacent their upper ends, the upper hooks forming pivotal hooks for theplates when the. shoe box is moved to a horizontal or vertical plane,and the lower hooks cooperate with apertured arms carried by platessecured to the inner sides of the trunk and hold the plates and shoe boxagainst swinging when in a vertical plane, but allow the shoe box andplates tobe raised vertically for positioning the upper hooks of theplates above the pivot pins, of trunk Carried plates when it is, desiredto entirely detach the shoe box from the trunk. A further object is toprovide the trunk carried plates with flanges above the pivot pins withwhich the box carried plates engage in connection with the pivot pinswhen in a horizontal position for holding the shoe box in a horizontalposition. i

' lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. 3

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower portion ofthe body of a wardrobe trunk, showing the shoe box applied'thereto.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the shoe box supportedin a horizontal position.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the shoe box.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the supportingbrackets for the shoe box.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of aconventional form of wardrobe trunk and 2 the shoe box which is providedwith acover 3, hingedly conprovided with a catch for holding the sameclosed, which catch may be of any conven tional form.

' In wardrobe trunks the storage of shoes presents a problem, asit isnecessary to place. the shoes with the clothing or in drawers withclothing, and during transportation the shoes soil or injure theclothing, and to obviate this difliculty the shoe box is primarilydesigned. Secured to opposite sides 7' of the trunk body 1 by means ofscrews 8' which pass through the flanges 9 are inwardly oflset plates10, in parallel relation to the sides 7. The plates 10 are connected tothe flanges 9 by means of horizontally disposed flanges 11. lhe lowerend of the plates 10 terminate in inwardly extending arms 12, which areprovided with apertures 13, and which arms 12 terminate in verticallydisposed cars 14 having apertures 15 for the reception of screws forsecuring the ears to the sides 7, therefore it will be seen that theplates 10 are rigidly attached to the sides 7- of the body of the trunkin spaced relation thereto. Secured at 16 to opposite sides of the shoebox 2 are plates 17, which plates extend upwardly and terminate in arms18, which extend between the plates 10 and the sides 7 of the trunkbody. Arms 18 are provided with spaced hooks 19 and 20, which cooperatewith the horizontally disposed pins 21 carried by the plates 10 and theapertures'13 in the arms 12 of the plates. Then the shoe box 2. is in avertical position as shown in Figure .1, the noses 22 of the hooks 20are disposed in the apertures 13, and the pins 21 are in the recesses 28of the hooks 19, therefore it will be seen that theshoe box will berigidly held in a vertical plane and will not swing inwardly-andoutwardly, and at the same time the shoe box 2 is supported in avertical position adjacent the open end of the body 1 of the trunk. Whenit is desired to have access to the shoe box, the operator grasps thehandle member 5 and raises the shoe box 2 slightly until the noses 22 ofthe hooks 20 are out of the. apertures 13, then the free end of the shoebox is swung up wardly, which action will position the arms 18 where aslight inward movement of the box as a whole will position the outerends of the arms where they will engage the under side of the flanges 11 and-rest upon the 7 upper sides of the pins 21, and willsupport theshoe box in a horizontal plane. If it is desired to entirely remove thebox, instead of swinging the same upwardly to a horizontal positionafter it has been raised, the operator pulls outwardly on the box, andasthe pins 21 are out of the recesses 23 of the hook 19, thebox may beeasily removed from the trunk, thereby allowing the entire chamber ofthe trunk to bev utilized for hanging clothes in the usual manner;however in transit the box is in place in the trunk. lVhen moving thebox from a horizontal to a vertical position, the operator said bevellededges on the edges of said flanges, andthelatching noses 22 engage theapertures 13 and as the recesses 23 of the hooks 19 are of greater depththan the length of the noses 22, .it is obvious that in 'ward swingingof the free end of the box during this action will be permitted anddisengagement of the hooks 19 in relation to the pins 21 will beprevented.

From the above it will be seen that a shoe box is provided for awardrobe trunk, which shoe box is simple in construction, is suspendedin a position where it will not interfere with the hanging of clothingin the trunk, and constructed in a manner whereby it may be suspendedin'a vertical position against swinging in a trunk, supported in ahorizontal position or entirely removed from the trunk.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. The combination with a trunk body, of a shoe box hinged adjacentitstop side, oppositely disposed bracket members carried by said body, andmeans carried by the shoe box adjacent its hinging point cooperatingwith the bracket members, and adapted upon a relative shifting andpositioning thereof with relation to said bracket members for hingedlyand detach-ably mounting and for supporting said shoe box in a verticalor a horizontal position.

2. The combination with 'a trunk body, of a shoe box, bracket members,carried by said trunk body, arms carriedby and extending beyond theupper end of the shoe box cooperating with the bracket members andadapted upon a relative shifting and positioning thereof with relationto said bracket members for hingedlyand detach ably mounting and forsupporting said shoe box 1Il a verticalor a horizontal position, andhaving further means for locking the 'shoe box "in a vertical position.

'3. The combination with a trunk body, of

a shoe box, means for pivotally and detachably connecting the shoe box,to the trunk body,.s'aid means including arms carried'by the shoe box,spaced hook members carried by each of said arms, and brackets carriedby the trunk body including. bearing and latching members adaptedtocooperate with said arms and hook members upon a relative shifting andpositioning thereof to support said shoe box in a vertical or ahorizontal position and to lock the shoe box against pivotal movement,all of said arms and brackets being disposed adjacent the hinged side ofthe box. a

4. The combination with a shoe box dis posed between spaced walls of atrunk, supporting means for said shoe box, said means comprisinginwardly ofiset plates carried by the spaced walls, a flange carried bythe upper ends of said plates, pins carried by the inner sides of saidplates, arms carried by the shoe box, said arms being disposed betweenthe pins and the plate flanges when the box is in a horizontal position,apertured members carried by the lower ends of the plates, hooks carriedby. the outer ends of the arms and cooperating with the pins forsupporting the box in a vertical position and limiting the outwardmovement of the box when in a horizontal position, and hooks carried bythe arms and cooperating with the apertures of the apertured members forI said stops being disposed .betweenthe spaced hooks of the arms wheninhorizontal position, and apertured members carried by the plates andwith which one of the hooks of the arms cooperate for. holding the boxagainst swinging when in a vertical position,

6. The combination with a shoe box disposed between'spa'ced walls of atrunk having arms extending therefrom, of supporting brackets for saidshoe box, said brackets comprising spaced stops carried by the walls,spaced hooks carried by the arms on the box, one of'said stops beingdisposed bet-ween the hooks, said stops supporting the arms in ahorizontal position, one of the hooks of the arms cooperating with oneof the stops for supporting the arms and box in a vertical position,apertured members carried by the walls, the other hooks of the armscooperating with the apertured members whereby swinging of the box willbe prevented when in a vertical position.

7. The combination with a receptacle hingedly mounted between spacedwalls of a trunk, said receptacle being provided with arms having hooks,said hooks cooperatmg with pins forming supporting and hinging means forthe receptacle, of stops above the pins and cooperating with the armsand the pins for holding the arms in a horizontal position, hooks spacedfrom the first mentioned hooks, apertured members carried by the trunksides, said last named hooks co operating with the apertured members andforming means whereby the arms and receptacle will be prevented fromswinging when in a vertical position.

8. A trunk receptacle hinge comprising an arm secured to a receptacle, aplate secured to a wall of the trunk, a pin carried by said plate, aflange carried by the plate above the pin, an apertured member carriedby the plate below the pin, spaced hooks carried by the arm and betweenwhich the pin is dis posed, said pin and flange forming means formaintaining the arm in a horizontal position, one of said hookscooperating with the pin for supporting the arm in a vertical position,the other hook cooperating with the apertured member for holding saidarm against swinging when in a vertical position.

9. A trunk receptacle hinge comprising an arm, a plate, spaced stopscarried by said plate and between which the arm is disposed when in ahorizontal position, and held in a horizontal position, an aperturedmember carried by the plate, one of said stops belng disposed betweenspaced hooks, the outer hook having its recess deeper than the recess ofthe inner hook, said inner hook cooperating with the apertured memberfor latching the arm in a vertical position, said arm when in a verticalposition being vertically movable to a position where its outer hook maymove outwardly from between the spaced stops.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature.

BENJAMIN H. ERWIN.

